Knights of the Crests Worldwide
Switzerland
Note: This is chapter 2! I can't believe this is bringing in so much inspiration! Whatever though…must focus on my story…
Note: The fact that there are nine Riders and nine Pendant Bearers are totally coincidental. Also, I used Legolas as the Elf's name because I could not think of anything else. Plus, the characters from Lord of the Rings that will appear and any reference to them are totally by my will…BUT that does not mean I own them, though I must say Lord of the Rings are wonderful books…
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON OR LORD OF THE RINGS OR ANY OTHE SHOW CHARACTER THAT APPEARS IN THIS FIC.
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The Siege of Factory Town
"Who the hell are you?" asked Takato at the recently arrived stranger.
"Cautious…very good…I see Angelique has teached you well…glad my wife could help at least a bit." said the Elven Angel.
"Angelique is you wife?" asked a bewildered Kim
"Yep, my wife all right…she's great, isn't she? All nice and sweet and all." he said.
"Sure is, she's been like a mother to us!" exclaimed proudly Hyryuu.
"Good, then she must of shown you the proper things about your Pendants. I am here to show you the next level of their power, as well as to protect you while you're in the digital world. Is that clear?" he asked to the kids.
"Crystal" they all said in unison.
"Ok then, we better head off back to the digital world." said Takato.
"I'm afraid that's not possible, Takato" said Nancy suddenly.
"The reason being…?" he asked
"Tomorrow I have to return to Geneva for some work. You're welcome to come along" she said.
At once everyone's eyes were turned towards Takato. At this, he sweatdroped.
"Uh…what? Me choose? I don't think so…" he said stepping back towards the wall.
"You ARE the leader, aren't you?" inquired he Elf.
"Well…yes…I guess so…" stammered Takato
"Then it's YOUR choice that counts. Now decide quickly!" exclaimed the Elf.
"Well…I guess…I guess we can go…after all…we are here for a LITTLE bit of fun aren't we?" he decided.
Catherine and Kim whooped in happiness and Jin just smiled. Jonathan and Hyryuu were both smiling at him. Then, Hyryuu turned to the Elf.
"By the way, you never told us your name…what IS your name anyway?" he asked.
"I have many names, but you can call me Legolas." said the Elf.
"Alright, Legolas, let's get moving!" said Catherine, grabbing Legolas by the arm and dragging him outside. "We got lots of shopping to do for you! You can't walk in a city in those clothes!"
Legolas' face became one of shock and fear as Catherine, now helped by Kim and Christine, were pulling him out. Legolas poked his head through the door with a face pleading for help. Takato and Hyryuu burst out in laughter.
"I'm afraid they're right, Legolas, you can't be seen throughout the city in those clothes. They're fit for the Digiworld, no more." said Jonathan, at the brink of laughter.
Legolas gave one last cry before the girls successfully got him out of the house. As soon as Legolas gave his cry, Jonathan finally burst out in laughter. About two hours later, the girls came back with Legolas, who was wearing a white shirt and long green pants. He was also wearing a black belt. The girls pushed him into the house and put down a mountain of shopping bags. Takato and Hyryuu sweatdroped at the site.
"Uh…isn't that a wee bit too much stuff you bought?" asked Takato, pointing at the packets.
"Nah, that's just the first load, there is still some more outside." commented Christina
The boys' jaw dropped at this announcement. They looked at each other and shook their heads. Legolas then came out of the kitchen with Nancy.
"Alright then, we leave for Geneva first thing in the morning. So get ready quick, got it?" he asked the group.
"Got it" they all answered.
They then all left for their rooms so that they could pack up. For this night, Legolas would sleep in Jonathan's room and Jonathan would sleep with Takato in his room. The night passed quickly and the following morning Nancy was preparing her van and another, which Legolas would drive. As soon as Nancy's car had left the house with the girls, the boys finished loading their car and got in. When they got in and put on their seat belts, they noticed that Legolas was acting nervously as he looked at the driving instruments.
"What's wrong? Drive on!" shouted Takato
Legolas nodded nervously and began to press the accelerator.
"Wait a minute…you DO know how to drive this thing, right?" asked Takato to Legolas.
Legolas said nothing
"Right?" he asked again
Nothing.
"I have a BAD feeling about this trip…" commented Jonathan
Legolas then pressed the pedal fully and the car launched itself forward. One thing they would regret of the roads of the Swiss Alps is that it is mostly made up of curves.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Brake! Press the bloody BRAKE!" shouted Jonathan on the second tight curve they encountered.
"Oh god! We're gonna die!" whined Hyryuu when they were halfway through.
"Tell me when it's over!" said Takato when he saw the curves that were left to drive through.
About two hours later, they finally arrived at the highway that lead to Geneva. Since it was mostly straight and with little amount of curves, they made it through fairly quick, considering Legolas was always pressing the accelerator. Since Takato had been informed about the hidden cameras that were on the sides of the highway to see who went faster than allowed, he had Legolas make the car look so blurry on the film that it was impossible to recognize or make out in any way, this being guaranteed by Hyryuu, who was a tech wiz. They finally arrived at the city itself after about a half-hour of driving through the highway at top speed. They then convinced Legolas to release the pedal a bit so that they could go more slowly, since there were a lot of pedestrians.
"Ok, which of us has the address of the place?" asked Hyryuu
"I think Jonathan has it" said Legolas as he looked backwards towards Hyryuu
"LOOK STRAIGHT!" shouted Hyryuu, Jonathan, and Takato at the same time.
Legolas complied right away.
"Yeah, I have it, here, let me get it out…" said Jonathan as he got out a piece of paper from his pocket, "…here it is…it is three streets from here to the north…then four buildings away from the Swiss Bank…right across the lake…that's the meeting place…alright, let's go!" he finished, as he got the paper back into his pocket.
After about an hour trying to get to the place, mostly because Legolas got them lost three times, they got to the meeting place, which was an observatory by the Lake of Geneva. Nancy's car was gone but the girls were all there, even Christina and Hikaru, who had their parents' permission to go, after they met Jonathan and Takato, who had explained everything, except for any Digiworld or Pendants subjects.
"What took you so long? We've been waiting for two hours! Nancy is gone to her place to make sure everything is straight." Kim said.
"We had some err…transportation problems." explained Jonathan.
Legolas immediately hid his face. Catherine and Christine grinned.
"I don't want to know, so don't tell me." Kim said with an exasperated sigh.
"We had no intentions to do so" the boys said in unison.
"Riiiiiiiiiight…anyway, let's go site seeing since we're here doing nothing!" Christina proposed, eying Jonathan particularly.
Since Jonathan was a total gentleman, and was indeed fairly interested in Christina, he blushed and accepted the idea. Yet, as Takato and Hyryuu are sharp-eyed, they noticed this and grinned evilly at Jonathan. He in turn noticed this and gulped. Then, as if fate wanted to spare Jonathan from total humiliation, his watch started to beep. Both Takato and Hyryuu snapped their fingers and turned on their own transmitters, then followed by the rest except Legolas, who watched over Takato's shoulder. As always, Angelique's holographic image appeared. She gave a small cry of joy as she saw Legolas.
"Legolas! I knew the Council was sending someone, but I never imagined it would be you! " she cried
"Yeah, I know, honey, glad to see you too. What's the matter?" he said, as he preferred not to say out loud what he really intended to say to his wife.
"Well…seems our friends the Imperials have taken File and set up their main base there, all entry is practically impossible since they have heavily fortified the whole island. Beach, mountain, forest, and Ice-lands are impenetrable. You must find a way to get there and destroy that base! This order comes straight from the Council Head! I'm logging off, and remember, be careful!" she told them.
"Roger that, see you in ten months!" said Takato, as she disappeared.
Takato smiled as he turned off his transmitter but then saw that Legolas was day-dreaming.
"Legolas?" he asked, passing his hand in front of Legolas' face, "Hey, are you there still?"
"He's day-dreaming…" sighed Kim
"HEY, LEGOLAS! WAKE UP TIME!" shouted Hyryuu in Legolas' ear, snapping the Elf out of his dream.
"Huh? What? What's the matter?" he asked
"Time to go to the Digiworld! Let's go find a computer!" exclaimed Jonathan.
"Oh, right…well, I brought a laptop along, specially built for Guardians for occasions like this." Legolas said as he got out a pure white laptop.
"Great!" shouted Takato, "Let's get out of sight!" he ordered
"Wait!" shouted Kim
"What?" asked Hyryuu
"We can't leave Christina and Hikaru alone here in the middle of the city!" she said
"He's right, brother, we can't!" Jin said
"Besides, we really would like to be there with you people in that other world!" said Hikaru
"Legolas?" asked Takato, as he turned to the Elf, who had a thoughtful look.
"Well…I can get them there…" he started
"But…?" pressed Catherine
"But they cannot go like this…in their current state…they are not Destined Children, nor Knights or Sorceresses, and they are not Guardians…So the only way would be to make them either into a Guardian like me and forfeit their normal way of life and family…or they could become Bearers of the Pendants…their choice" he added with a shrug.
"Well? What do you say girls?" asked Takato to Christina and Hikaru
They both looked at each other for a while, as if having a mental conversation and then nodded at each other.
"We'll become Bearers!" both shouted.
"Then it is settled, I name you, Christina, Sorceress of Faith, which will awaken with a Cross." He told her, as he gave her a pendant with a weird cross that seemed the crossing of a cross with the crest of Reliability and the crest of Courage. Then he turned to Hikaru, "To you, Hikaru, I name you Sorceress of Creation, which will awaken by a Planet." he finished by giving her a pendant with the Earth on it, which was being orbited by a small dot.
"Ok, NOW can we go?" asked Takato to the girls
"Sure! Let's go!" they all said.
They all followed him into an alley, which was deserted, by the way, and got near to the laptop. Takato got out his pendant and introduced it into the screen.
"Digiworld UNLOCK!" he shouted, before a light engulfed his team and afterwards nothing was there. On Legolas' car was a small note left for Nancy explaining where they were and what had happened.
They now had landed in an open plain, that was being struck by a slight breeze. Like for the Destined, their clothes changed. The boys were wearing a brown, long-sleeved shirt and long green pants and had a cloak on them. The girls were in a blue, long-sleeved shirt and were wearing long, white skirts. They also wore a cloak. Yet these seemed different from the ones they had first gotten.
"These are Elven-made cloaks…if you're wondering" Legolas said, as he realized he was in his Elf clothes once again. He also made sure he had his dagger, bow, and quiver with him, "Ok, I got everything I had, how about you kids?" he asked them
They all checked their clothes and all found that they wore swords, in the case of boys, or bows and quivers, in the case of girls. They all faced Legolas for an explanation.
"Well…the Council found out that the Prince somehow managed to build something that can trace your pendant's power back to you, so we decided that instead of using them in every case of danger, that we should use them under extreme danger only. For all other dangers, you are to defend yourselves with the weapons that you now carry." he told them.
They all looked at him with dumbstruck faces. He shrugged and led them forward through the plains.
"Say, Legolas, why aren't there any wings on your back nor your white robes?" asked Jin
"Well, since the wings are kind of heavy, and the robes do not allow much agility, I decided to use my Elfish Bowman form that you now see." he explained to Jin.
"Oh, I see…" she replied with a smile, to which he smiled back.
After about an hour of traveling, they came upon a rock formation in the middle of the plains. Legolas stopped there and decided to stop for a break. The boys took opportunity of this to train in the sword arts. Since none of them had much experience in swords except Takato and Jonathan, though very inadequate, they were a bit clumsy. Legolas, though, taught the girls how to use a bow and let an arrow fly every half minute and still hitting the target in the center. After about a half-hour of training, they put down their weapons and began to relax. After a while, Legolas suddenly jerked his head upwards from where he was sitting, which was the tip of a rock that was facing upwards. He got up and seemed to listen more thoroughly before he jumped off and faced the kids with an alarmed face.
"Quick! Hide! Something is nearing our position!" he ordered them.
The kids quickly got their gear and weapons and ran towards cover. Soon afterwards, they could listen clearly the sound of hooves on the ground. Takato peeked his head to see what they were and saw three Pegasusmon in dark armor with what seemed to be Black Knights. Behind them came another group of Dark Pegasusmon that was being ridden by females. In total, they amounted to nine riders. Behind them were several normal Pegasusmon that were tied to each other by a strong-looking rope. On their forehead was a black plate. Legolas crept silently, for that was a skill of the Elves.
"Takato, we could free those Pegasusmon and use them…but we would have to fight those Dark Knights and women…yes, even the women, as they seem hostile and murderous…gather the boys, it seems they will stop here for something. I'll get the girls." Legolas told Takato, who nodded and went for the boys.
Indeed, the Riders stopped at the formation and the Knights took off their helmets, revealing human beings. The women that accompanied them took off the hood of their dark cloaks and also revealed themselves to be human. Takato had successfully summoned Jonathan and Hyryuu from their hiding spot quietly and they were all three beside a big rock, waiting for a signal. All three slowly unsheathed their swords and got ready to fight. Beside a rock farther away were Legolas and the girls. They were waiting for the right time to strike. Then, as soon as the Riders were all inside the crescent rock formation, Legolas gave a cry and the girls unloosened their bows, letting arrows fly. Back where Takato was, they heard the cry and gave themselves a battle cry and charged out of their hiding place.
"What in the name of the Prince?" asked the leader of the Riders, putting back on his helmet.
"Lionheart!" shouted Takato as his sword glowed red-orange
"White Star!" shouted Hyryuu as his sword glowed blue-white
"Clasher!" shouted Jonathan as his sword glowed gold-silver
"FIRE!" shouted Legolas to the girls, making them unloosen their bows, letting the arrows fly once more upon the Riders, who took cover with the rocks. Takato was fighting head to head with the leader while Hyryuu and Jonathan took on his partners. For awhile Takato and the boys were in a deadlock with their foes, until some of the arrows shot by the girls finally hit one of the Knights in the shoulder, disabling his fighting arm. The leader saw this and feeling uneven, he ordered a retreat, to which the other Knights and Sorceresses complied and left with their Dark Pegasusmon, leaving the normal ones behind. Takato and Legolas went towards them and Legolas took out his dagger. He aimed one well-placed blow on the rope and it split. Takato, on the other hand, managed to take off the plates from the Pegasusmon's forehead. Knowing what had happened, the Pegasusmon thanked them telepathically through Legolas. After explaining their situation, the Pegasusmon agreed to let themselves be used by the kids and Legolas. After mounting the Pegasusmon, they flew away over the plains. At one point, many miles away from where they started, they went back to the ground so that the digimon could rest for awhile. At this point, Legolas turned quiet and gazed away into the sky. Takato and Hyryuu were busy planning strategy against the Black Bearers, as they chose to call the people they had previously seen. Kim, Catherine, and Hikaru were all at one side chit-chatting, something that the boys had a bad feeling about. Then, finally, in another place near the encampment, but out of view, Jonathan and Christina were both sitting on a log they had found. They were both watching intently to the sky, were stars were starting to appear, as night was approaching. Back at camp, Jin approached Legolas with a curious look on her face.
"Legolas?" she asked
"Yes, Jin?" he replied
"Isn't it time for us to go back to our world?" she asked.
"We can't…I was thinking the same thing until I got this…" he started, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket in his Elven cloak, "It's a note from the Council…they command me to stay here until this crisis is solved. The command applies to you kids too…I'm sorry." he said with a sad look.
"But…but Angelique won't let that happen to us, would she?" she asked
"She wouldn't, I'm sure of it…but she doesn't stand a chance alone if she fights the Council's decision…" he said.
"Then why are we-" she started before Takato came running towards them.
"Legolas! Jin! They're here! All around the camp!" he cried
"Who? Who are here?" asked Legolas, bringing out his bow.
"The Black Bearers, and the Prince to make it worse!" explained Takato
"How far are they from here?" Legolas asked
"About two miles away, but they are closing in from every side! We can't hold them off, since we're even but they have the Prince, which unevens it." he hurried.
"Dang it! We have to escape! Get the others, we must ride at once! Jin, get the Pegasusmon! I'll see how they progress towards us!" ordered Legolas, before running off to another direction.
Takato nodded and went to find the others and Jin went for the Pegasusmon. After Takato had gotten everyone together again, they all mounted on their respective Pegasusmon and rode on. A few minutes later, Legolas came from the back on his Pegasusmon ridding at full speed. Behind him, they could see several black figures approaching, encouraging them to accelerate their own speed. Soon, they could see a black figure ahead of them, at which Legolas gave a cry of relief.
"It's Factory Town! We must get within it's walls! Ride on at full speed!" he ordered the kids.
They all acknowledged and made their Pegasusmon speed up. Soon, they could distinctively make out the large buildings of the city. After awhile, they finally made it to the gates, where, by orders of the Chosen Children, they were allowed to enter. Right after they had all entered, the guards of the gate went inside too and shut the gate and locked, barred, and made it almost impossible to be opened. The kids gave a sigh of relief and went to the central tower. As soon as they arrived, Matt was there to receive them. He had the look of a man who had not slept for days.
"Am I glad to see you people…man, me and Izzy have been stuck in that tower for days trying to solve this jigsaw puzzle. By the way, you're name wouldn't have to be Legolas, would it?" he asked Legolas
"It is, why?" he inquired
"There are some people who want to see you in the main chamber, and they do not look very happy." he warned him.
Legolas just gave a nod of apprehension, though Jonathan could feel his fear radiating from him. They followed Matt up to top of the tower, where they entered a room. In this room were four individuals in cloaks with their hoods up. Here they left Legolas and were led by Matt up a flight of stairs into the command room were Izzy was waiting for them. Back were Legolas was, one of the figures, who seemed to be the leader, approached Legolas.
"Long time no see, Legolas, my friend." said the man
"Do I know you? Where you sent by the Council?" he replied
"You don't remember me? Well then, maybe this poem will." replied the man as he stepped back.
Slowly, the three other figures went to their leader's side and slowly began reciting a poem.
"Three rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky…"
"Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone…"
"Nine for mortal men, doomed to die…"
"One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne."
The eyes of Legolas seemed to shine in wonder and happiness as he finished the poem.
"In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,
One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie…" he finished
Slowly, one by one, they all dropped their hoods, revealing two men, young and fair, one old man, whose eyes seemed to burn with fire, and the smallest of them revealed the face of an old, but still vigorous dwarf.
"Aragorn! Boromir! Gandalf! Gimli! How…what…why are you here?" he asked them.
"Well, for one thing, the Council has let us pay a visit to our old friend. For another thing, we are here to supervise you and your, Fellowship, shall we call it? On their mission." said Aragorn.
"Marvelous, just like old times, no? But where is Frodo? And Sam, Merry, and Pippin?" he inquired
"Unfortunately, they could not come, Frodo is too old to come here and the other three have turned into good old fashioned hobbits again…they want to hear nothing of any adventure." explained Gandalf.
"I see, too bad then…say, Aragorn, how is Arwen? Last time I was in our world, she had died, but I know she went to the Council's world like you and the others" asked Legolas
"She's fine, thank goodness…and I don't get called Elessar so much either, again, thank goodness…"sighed Aragorn.
"Well then, shouldn't we go see how this new Fellowship is doing? I saw them go up the stairs." said Gimli
"Of course, I almost forgot! Let's go so I can introduce you to them!" apologized Legolas.
They all nodded and went up the stairs. Back upstairs, with Izzy, the kids had all engaged him in an all-out asking contest.
"Okay, now what?" asked Takato
"We can't get out of the city, the enemy has surrounded it with his knights and dark digimon!" exclaimed Izzy
"So what do we do?" repeated Jonathan
"Wait for them to leave?" asked Hyryuu in a sarcastic tone
"Well, that is our best choice right now, since we cannot leave this place" replied Izzy
"But they won't leave! We have to do something!" pressured Kim
"Yeah! We know the Prince has the patience of a boulder, so we can't count on waiting, because he'll wait too!" exclaimed Catherine
"Plus, there isn't enough digimon in this town for us to attack them back, do we?" asked Hikaru
"We have to think of something!" pressured Christina
Behind them, Matt was sweat dropping as he saw this scene. Behind him was Legolas and his crew who had just arrived and they were also a bit surprised at the scene.
"This is your crew? Master Pippin wasn't even as curious as this!" whispered Gandalf to Legolas, who nodded.
"I pity you my friend…" said Gimli
"Thanks…I think." replied Legolas
Right about then they all felt an enormous quake happen.
"Ok…who felt that? If you did, raise your hands" asked Takato
They all raised their hands.
"Ok…Izzy is this place usually quaky?" he asked
"No, absolutely not" replied Izzy
"Ok…so what the hell was that?" asked Jonathan
Just then, another quake, just as big, occurred
"Alrighty then…someone please tell us what happened here?" asked Hikaru
At this, a Guardromon ran up the stairs and quickly came to a halt before them
"The Prince is making his digimon pound our walls with their attacks. We will not be able to resist for more than two weeks, if our calculations are correct" it said with a mechanical tone.
Izzy slapped his forehead at the announcement.
"Sometimes I hate it when they are so precise…the information is usually correct…" he sighed.
"O…K…so…NOW what do we do?" asked Hyryuu
"Well…we could try to break out and counter-attack…" proposed Jonathan
"The probabilities of success for that are less than 1 to a trillion, sir." answered the Guardromon.
Again, Izzy slapped his forehead.
"Someone turn him off before he takes away any last drop of hope…" muttered Izzy.
The Guardromon seemed to hear him, for at once it shut itself down. Izzy gave a relieved sigh and turned his attention back to the others.
"Ok, so break out is a bad idea…we have two weeks to do something or they'll be inside in no time." he summed up.
"Yep, that's basically it, all right…" said Takato
Just then, an alarm went off throughout the whole city.
"Seems the Prince is taking no breaks…he's moving half of his force to the other gates…this isn't good, we're absolutely stranded and the only available garrison here are the Guardromon and some other digimon, that's it!" Izzy exclaimed as he checked a console near the viewing window.
"Anyone got any bright ideas?" asked Takato
"From today, we have thirteen more days to impending break in…thirteen, people…so any ideas we get, ANY of them, as weird and strange as they may seem, will be considered…just NO fantasying…remember, this whole city depends on you few." Gandalf told them.
A/N: As of now, the days will be said in the following mode: Day 1, Day 2, you get the point.
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Day 1- Hope Arises from the Hopeless
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Right after their meeting in the tower, the kids and Legolas' friends all went downstairs into the dormitory area. The girls would share one room, while the boys shared another. Of course, the boys' room was quite big, seeing their number. After getting changed into, what they called, normal clothes, Legolas and his friends went out for a stroll, "to get ideas" had said Aragorn when inquired by Jonathan and Hyryuu. Takato, Hikaru, and Hyryuu were hunched on a table looking at some maps and designs, often arguing about this or that. Jonathan was busy reading some books about warfare and studying maps of the city and it's surroundings. Jin was asleep in her bed, taking a nap. The girls, as ignorant as they were on warfare, except for Hikaru, who seemed to have a dormant talent for it, were busy trying to understand everything that was happening. They were all sitting around a table at a small, open restaurant in the city, trying to find out what help they could be.
"What CAN we do? I mean, we know nothing of warfare, mainly because we were never interested in it and so now we're completely ignorant!" exclaimed Kim.
"We have to learn, then. I don't want to sit around here doing nothing and helping no one." said Christina
"We have two weeks to learn about warfare? It isn't enough, and even if it was, we wouldn't be the best students in it since it isn't appealing." argued Catherine.
Just then, an android-like digimon walked by and stopped when he heard Catherine's comment. His head turned towards then and seemed to scan them before completely turning towards them. The girls noticed this and seemed curious.
"Yes? How can we help you?" asked Kim
"You are the Bearers, correct?" asked the digimon
"Correct…" replied Catherine
"I am Andromon, an old acquaintance of the Chosen Children. I was on my way to the central tower to pay Izzy a visit, actually." he told them
"So? What does that have to do with us?" asked Christina
"I heard your friend here say it was not possible for you three to learn the art of warfare in two weeks." he told them
"Really? Mind telling us something? Here, have a seat." Kim said, as she pulled a chair up.
"Thank you. Anyway, I must say I disagree with your friend here."
"How so?" asked Christina
"One cannot learn, by conventional ways, the art of warfare. It is impossible. The only way to learn it is from experience, and even then, you are not thinking about learning it." he told the girls, who returned confused looks. "Let me elaborate. Through books one can learn about the basics of things, but that does not mean that you have learned it. Most of the learning has to be lived through in order to understand. Your friends are knowledgeable in the art of warfare because they have mostly only lived in a world filled with it. They accept the fact that the world is never stable and is in constant war. Through this acceptance, they have learned of the methods and tactics of war and have later used them in battle. Here is another example. When the Chosen arrived in this world for the first time, there were only seven of them, all scared and wanting to go home. Later on, through battle after battle, they learned and became both wiser and stronger in the art of warfare and morality. They not only grew physically, but also mentally, as their brains had kept learning on and on about survival and conquest. After Myotismon entered the real world, they were fighting on home land, so they couldn't risk destroying their city and so didn't attack frontally. Instead, they chose, under Tai's leadership, to go into guerrilla warfare, hitting here and there, and finally, the big strike on the bad guys. It proved to be a good strategy." he told them
Catherine, though, was still unimpressed
"What's your point?" she asked
"That they could of never have chosen strategies from a book. In some cases you might, but in the case of Odaiba, it was not possible to use any conventional guerrilla tactic, and modern weapon turned out to be useless, isn't that right?" he asked them, at which they nodded. "So you see, according to the place, time, or force size, strategy will change, no doubt about it. Now if you will excuse me, I must go to the central tower." he told them, before getting up and leaving, after bowing to them, of course.
After he left them, the girls all looked at each other and then bowed their heads. Finally, after about five minutes, Kim spoke up.
"Listen, Andromon is right, we might not know anything about it, but we can sure as hell learn!" she said with enthusiasm.
"Yeah, you're right. We can learn!" replied Catherine
"Yeah!" shouted Christina in approval.
They all looked at each other again and then nodded and went running for the central tower. As soon as they got there, they ran up the stairs to where their friends were. Takato and Hyryuu were still analyzing and arguing about stuff, Hikaru trying to calm them down, while Jonathan was still checking out some maps. The girls went to Jonathan at once.
"Jonathan?" asked Kim
"Yes, sister?" he replied
"Listen, Christina, Catherine, and I are kind of fed up of sitting around uselessly, so we thought you could teach us how to analyze and make up strategy." she continued.
Jonathan looked at her with wide eyes of shock.
"Say that again?" he asked
"In short, we want you to teach us about warfare" she replied
But Jonathan was no longer there, he had run up to the dormitories and locked himself into the boys' room. Kim sighed and the other girls followed her towards Takato and Hyryuu. Yet, as soon as they were about to ask, a small beep rang in their wrist watches. Takato and Hyryuu activated them and a hologram of Jonathan appeared.
"Watch out for the girls! They want us to teach them about warfare!" it cried.
The boys suddenly looked up and saw the three girls approaching, making their faces turned white. They instantly ran up he stairs into the dormitories with Jonathan, who then locked the door. For three straight hours the boys would not leave the room, until news that Aragorn and Boromir had chosen to teach the girls came to them. That evening, they all sat around a big circular table for diner. During diner, Jonathan was sitting beside Izzy and Christina, and was constantly talking to Izzy about some ideas. At the end of the diner, Izzy nodded at something Jonathan said and then got up and went to look for something. Boromir and Aragorn were the only ones who didn't turn their heads to see what was happening. Boromir then went towards Aragorn.
"Aragorn, what in the heavens are we to do? Not one idea has occurred to us and for now, all that the future predicts is doom for this city, it's occupants and us. This is one of the only bastions of rebellion left on this island, we must do something!" he whispered to Aragorn.
"Indeed, my friend, we must do something quickly…let us see what these children are planning before we make any acts." replied Aragorn
"But Aragorn, these are only children!" protested Boromir
"Have you forgotten that Frodo, Merry, Pippin, and Sam were too? They were not "of age" yet, making them officially children to their kind. Children, do you hear me, Boromir? Children got the ring to be destroyed in Mount Doom. We must trust these children too." replied Aragorn.
"But…oh, forget it, you're right about that…fine, we shall wait before acting" he finally agreed.
Just as he had finished his sentence, Izzy came back into the room with a rolled up map. After every dish and dinning accessory was taken away by the Guardromon that had served them at the beginning. The map was that of Factory Town and it's surroundings. Then, Izzy got out some pins and other flat objects. He took one pin and stuck it on the town.
"Ok, this pin represents where we are, ok?" he asked to see if they understood
"Right…?" answered Takato
"Ok, now look at this…" he began as he pointed to the north, south, east, and west of the town, and on each location he put a flat disk. "Each disk represents one army of the Prince. So if this is correct, we are completely surrounded from all directions, correct?" he asked them once more to see if they followed.
"Right" answered Legolas
"What are you getting at, Izzy?" asked Matt, who was becoming frustrated.
"Well, we can't escape to any direction since we are completely blockaded, but…"he started, then removing the northern disk and placing another half it's size in it's place and putting another one, similar to the first, with the southern disk, "Intelligence has just told me that half of the Northern Army has moved to reinforce the Southern. This tells us something important." he said
"That we should force our way through the North?" asked Hyryuu
"No, that is exactly what they think we're going to do…you see, Jonathan pointed that out to me, for I had overseen that fact." he said, his face looking away in shame.
"Oh my god! Izzy made a mistake! Someone call the news!" yelled Matt
"Shut up. Now, what Jonathan told me was that whatever they expect us not to do, we do. They don't expect us to flee, or attack the Southern Army because of their size, but if I am correct, then that army will quickly return to it's previous size, or smaller." explained Izzy.
Several nods appeared among the kids and the adults.
"So, if I understand correctly, we are to force our way out into the South?" asked Gandalf
"Exactly. We cannot attack and hold the position for long though, so the attack will merely be an attempt to send out a messenger out to the other towns not loyal to the Emperor. I know for a fact that Toy Town is not under the Emperor's control. Also you may want to try your chance in the Gekomon Palace." answered Jonathan.
"Ok, but who is going out to send the message?" asked Gimli.
"That is the hitch in our plan…we don't know…but in the next three days, we will be able to discern the messenger." said Izzy.
"I see, well then, we should get to bed…I expect we shall all need it" finished Gandalf, before going to the dormitories.
"He's right, you guys, you should really go to bed. You'll need all the strength available to you for the next three days." Izzy said
"In other words, BED TIME!" ordered Matt, pointing to the dormitories for the kids.
Takato and the gang groaned but went to bed. Meanwhile, Aragorn and his team was all gathered around a small round table.
"We must take action. We cannot let this bastion of hope for this world fall." exclaimed Legolas
"He's right, if we can, we should hack off the limbs of those who attack this town." agreed Gimli
"For once, I agree with the Elf and Dwarf. We must do something to protect this town, Aragorn. I'll be damned if I die again without being able to protect the city which has given us hospitality." agreed Boromir.
Aragorn said nothing but looked at Gandalf.
"They are right, Aragorn, we must help these people. But then again, we have orders form the Council to watch over the children, no more. You were a king once, Elessar, so these kinds of decisions you have made. The choice is yours, Aragorn." he said
They all sat silently, waiting for his verdict. For ten straight minutes they sat waiting, until finally, Aragorn lifted his head and looked at them, his eyes shinning.
"We may have orders from the Council, but I feel the same as Boromir. I'll be damned if I die without helping the town which has given us hospitality. We will defend Factory Town! May the Council send their agents as they please, for they will all feel the same as we do!" he exclaimed finally.
Boromir sat up and gave a approving yell, while Gimli got out his axe and gave Aragorn a thumbs up. Legolas got up and made a little victory dance, while Gandalf just sat silently, but was smiling.
"As soon as the morning comes, we will make our own independent strike. This is totally covert, no one will know we did this. We will try to weaken the Southern Army for better chances of success when the town will make it's run. Agreed?" asked Aragorn
Three approving yells and one smiling nod answered him.
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Day 2- A Strange Freedom
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They awoke the next day full of energy. The boys and Hikaru went at once to making plans. Christina, Catherine, and Kim went to the dining room, where Aragorn and Boromir were to teach them what they knew of strategy making. Out in the streets, Legolas and Gimli were heading for the walls of the city. There, they would wait for Boromir, Aragorn, and Gandalf. After they would all be together, they would sneak out of the city and summon the Shadow Army of the South of the Middle-Earth. Back at the tower, Aragorn and Boromir were making good progress with the girls. They gave the girls situations and the girls would have to decide what to do in those situations.
"Here's another one…if you are in a mountain range and the enemy has surrounded it, but two hours later half of the enemy army goes to the north, what do you do?" asked Boromir.
"Hum...tough one…because it may be a trap, but it also may not…so I would say that we send a scout first and see what happens…if the enemy stays as is, then it is no trap, but if the half that left comes back south, it is a trap." concluded Christina.
"Good…that is the correct answer." agreed Boromir.
A small ring rang at that moment.
"Class is over, girls. Might want to help the boys out for now, see what you can learn." Aragorn told them.
The girls nodded and left the room.
"Time to go, Boromir. Legolas and Gimli must be getting impatient." Aragorn said.
"Indeed, let's go" agreed Boromir.
They both took their cloaks and put them on. Next, they checked that on one saw them and left the tower. They then proceeded to the walls of the city, where Gandalf, Legolas, and Gimli were waiting.
"All set? Good, let's go." ordered Aragorn, after putting his hood up, followed by his companions.
Aragorn then led his crew to the a small, hidden door on the wall and opened it. After he and his friends were outside, he closed it and went forth towards the enemy. The evil digimon could see him, of course, but paid no attention to him. Aragorn then brandished Elendil and then, shooting his arm upwards, he shouted
"Come forth, Army of Angmar! You have been summoned to your duty once more!" he shouted.
Suddenly, there was a small, but violent rush of wind behind Aragorn and after it had left, behind Aragorn was an army of men, in chained armor and brandishing spear, swords, bows, and axes. There was also a cavalry waiting behind the footmen. In front of them stood the remnants of the Fellowship of the Ring: Aragorn, heir of Isildur, Legolas the Elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Gandalf the White, and Boromir of Gondor. Boromir took out his sword, followed by Gimli with his axe, Legolas with his bow, and Gandalf with his sword. Aragorn then pointed his sword forward, towards the crowd of confused dark digimon and gave a battle cry, making his army rush at the digimon, him at the lead. Back at the central tower, Izzy was busy typing away at his computer when Matt burst in, making the door slam against the wall. His face seemed shocked and his heavy breathing suggested that he ran up the stairs.
"What in the heavens is the matter with you, Matt?" asked Izzy, shocked himself.
"Izzy, look out the southern window, quick!" shouted Matt.
Izzy complied and ran to the southern window, and what he saw shocked him as much as it had shocked Matt. An army of something, he could not tell what, was rushing at the digimon army. The rushing army was gaining ground and quickly split the digimon army in two different groups. Izzy quickly took out a pair of binoculars and through them he saw that the new army was made up of men. What he then saw shocked him. Legolas and his friends were fighting side by side with the newcomers. Izzy put down his pair of goggles, and sensing an impending victory, he took out a small microphone, through which he could speak to the whole city, but he set it for only the tower.
"Takato, Jonathan! Get your team ready in ten minutes and ride out the southern gate! Engage any digimon you see that is under the Prince's control!" he ordered.
Soon, he saw through his binoculars eight riders come out the southern gate. Soon, all eight of the figures were engulfed in light and from it emerged eight armor-clad warriors. Izzy then turned to Matt and smiled.
"We may still have a chance." he said, to which Matt nodded.
Back to the battle field, Takato and his team had just arrived at the fighting area. They dismounted the Pegasusmon and sent them back to the city. Then they started engaging the enemy. The fight was still fierce, but the digimon army was slowly giving way. That is, until the big blast came. It came rushing down to the Earth, hitting it with such impact, that a crater would remain there until the end of days. When the explosion ceased, and the smoke cleared, the only things left standing were the Army of Angmar, the remnants of the Fellowship, and the Pendant Bearers. The digimon army had vanished, all destroyed by the explosion. Out of the remaining smoke came out the Prince and his Dark Bearers. The Prince had a foul look on his face as he looked at his opponents. He then motioned his hand forward, and form behind him rushed forward an army of digimon, both flying and ground.
"Archers shoot the flying beasts! Footmen and cavalry, stay focused on the ground forces but dodge the aerial blasts!" shouted Boromir. At once the Shadow Army complied.
As if he had expected this, the Prince smiled evilly and then snapped his fingers. A high, piercing screech could be heard from the distance. Out of the clouds dove a Dark Pegasusmon with Kari tied up on it, followed by two other Dark Pegasusmon, one with Davis and Yolei tied up, and the other with Kaizer. Right behind them came the Prince's flying fortress.
"This doesn't look good…be on alert." warned Takato
"Gee, you think so?" asked Hyryuu sarcastically.
As soon as the Dark Pegasusmon touched the ground, the Prince went towards it, patted it's head and then pulled Kari off the digimon. He then got her up and pulled her towards his previous location.
"Not this again…" whispered Jonathan
The Prince smiled evilly at her and then pushed her towards his opponents. He then borrowed a dagger from Kaizer and cut her ropes. She turned to him in surprise, but only got an evil smile as a reply. She ran to her friends as quick as she could. As soon as she got to Takato, Hyryuu got her to be behind him and Takato, who was still looking at the Prince.
"She's free…just be sure to keep her safe…or you might regret it, Takato" shouted the Prince before snapping his fingers again, making his digimon army and him disappear. The only ones left were the Dark Bearers and Kaizer. Behind them were a host of Knightmon. The Dark Bearer drew their swords and shields. The kids did the same (they were still in their armored form). For a while, a queer silence continued, until finally, The leader of the Dark Bearers gave a battle cry and they all charged the Bearers and the Shadow Army.
"Leave the host to us! You go defeat those evil Bearers! Legolas, you help the kids!" ordered Aragorn, to which the kids and Legolas nodded. Yet, as soon as the two armies and Bearer groups clashed, the Dark ones and their digimon vanished. The sun was setting behind them, as the Bearers of the Crests looked in amazement at where their enemies had once been.
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Day 3- The Request
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As everything that lives in this and our world, all things must come to an end. After about four hours of waiting, the Dark Digimon Army left the surroundings of Factory Town. Kari had been taken into a medical lab for examinations. Takato stood outside the lab waiting. Suddenly, in front of him, appeared a hologram of TK, not the Prince, but TK, in his normal, kind form. Beside him was Pegasusmon, Patamon, Angemon, MagnaAngemon, and Seraphimon. All the digimon that had arisen from Patamon. The image then looked at him in the eyes and smiled a painful smile.
"Takato…please, take care of Kari…" said the image.
"TK! What…What do you mean?" asked Takato
"Takato…I'm sorry…but it must be done…you must kill me in our next battle…or I will not be able to rest in peace." it replied
"NO!" shouted back Takato "I will not kill you now, or ever!"
"Takato…please…if you do this, Patamon and I will be able to rest in peace finally…The Prince is gaining power in my body…Please…it is all I ask…" it said again
"NO! I will NOT! There must be another way!" shouted again Takato, on the verge of tears.
"Takato…you were always a good friend…but to do this would not be to betray me, if would prove to me how good a friend you always were…" it said again, before vanishing.
"TK! TK, come back…" he started, "TK!" he screamed, before passing out
Switzerland
Note: This is chapter 2! I can't believe this is bringing in so much inspiration! Whatever though…must focus on my story…
Note: The fact that there are nine Riders and nine Pendant Bearers are totally coincidental. Also, I used Legolas as the Elf's name because I could not think of anything else. Plus, the characters from Lord of the Rings that will appear and any reference to them are totally by my will…BUT that does not mean I own them, though I must say Lord of the Rings are wonderful books…
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON OR LORD OF THE RINGS OR ANY OTHE SHOW CHARACTER THAT APPEARS IN THIS FIC.
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The Siege of Factory Town
"Who the hell are you?" asked Takato at the recently arrived stranger.
"Cautious…very good…I see Angelique has teached you well…glad my wife could help at least a bit." said the Elven Angel.
"Angelique is you wife?" asked a bewildered Kim
"Yep, my wife all right…she's great, isn't she? All nice and sweet and all." he said.
"Sure is, she's been like a mother to us!" exclaimed proudly Hyryuu.
"Good, then she must of shown you the proper things about your Pendants. I am here to show you the next level of their power, as well as to protect you while you're in the digital world. Is that clear?" he asked to the kids.
"Crystal" they all said in unison.
"Ok then, we better head off back to the digital world." said Takato.
"I'm afraid that's not possible, Takato" said Nancy suddenly.
"The reason being…?" he asked
"Tomorrow I have to return to Geneva for some work. You're welcome to come along" she said.
At once everyone's eyes were turned towards Takato. At this, he sweatdroped.
"Uh…what? Me choose? I don't think so…" he said stepping back towards the wall.
"You ARE the leader, aren't you?" inquired he Elf.
"Well…yes…I guess so…" stammered Takato
"Then it's YOUR choice that counts. Now decide quickly!" exclaimed the Elf.
"Well…I guess…I guess we can go…after all…we are here for a LITTLE bit of fun aren't we?" he decided.
Catherine and Kim whooped in happiness and Jin just smiled. Jonathan and Hyryuu were both smiling at him. Then, Hyryuu turned to the Elf.
"By the way, you never told us your name…what IS your name anyway?" he asked.
"I have many names, but you can call me Legolas." said the Elf.
"Alright, Legolas, let's get moving!" said Catherine, grabbing Legolas by the arm and dragging him outside. "We got lots of shopping to do for you! You can't walk in a city in those clothes!"
Legolas' face became one of shock and fear as Catherine, now helped by Kim and Christine, were pulling him out. Legolas poked his head through the door with a face pleading for help. Takato and Hyryuu burst out in laughter.
"I'm afraid they're right, Legolas, you can't be seen throughout the city in those clothes. They're fit for the Digiworld, no more." said Jonathan, at the brink of laughter.
Legolas gave one last cry before the girls successfully got him out of the house. As soon as Legolas gave his cry, Jonathan finally burst out in laughter. About two hours later, the girls came back with Legolas, who was wearing a white shirt and long green pants. He was also wearing a black belt. The girls pushed him into the house and put down a mountain of shopping bags. Takato and Hyryuu sweatdroped at the site.
"Uh…isn't that a wee bit too much stuff you bought?" asked Takato, pointing at the packets.
"Nah, that's just the first load, there is still some more outside." commented Christina
The boys' jaw dropped at this announcement. They looked at each other and shook their heads. Legolas then came out of the kitchen with Nancy.
"Alright then, we leave for Geneva first thing in the morning. So get ready quick, got it?" he asked the group.
"Got it" they all answered.
They then all left for their rooms so that they could pack up. For this night, Legolas would sleep in Jonathan's room and Jonathan would sleep with Takato in his room. The night passed quickly and the following morning Nancy was preparing her van and another, which Legolas would drive. As soon as Nancy's car had left the house with the girls, the boys finished loading their car and got in. When they got in and put on their seat belts, they noticed that Legolas was acting nervously as he looked at the driving instruments.
"What's wrong? Drive on!" shouted Takato
Legolas nodded nervously and began to press the accelerator.
"Wait a minute…you DO know how to drive this thing, right?" asked Takato to Legolas.
Legolas said nothing
"Right?" he asked again
Nothing.
"I have a BAD feeling about this trip…" commented Jonathan
Legolas then pressed the pedal fully and the car launched itself forward. One thing they would regret of the roads of the Swiss Alps is that it is mostly made up of curves.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Brake! Press the bloody BRAKE!" shouted Jonathan on the second tight curve they encountered.
"Oh god! We're gonna die!" whined Hyryuu when they were halfway through.
"Tell me when it's over!" said Takato when he saw the curves that were left to drive through.
About two hours later, they finally arrived at the highway that lead to Geneva. Since it was mostly straight and with little amount of curves, they made it through fairly quick, considering Legolas was always pressing the accelerator. Since Takato had been informed about the hidden cameras that were on the sides of the highway to see who went faster than allowed, he had Legolas make the car look so blurry on the film that it was impossible to recognize or make out in any way, this being guaranteed by Hyryuu, who was a tech wiz. They finally arrived at the city itself after about a half-hour of driving through the highway at top speed. They then convinced Legolas to release the pedal a bit so that they could go more slowly, since there were a lot of pedestrians.
"Ok, which of us has the address of the place?" asked Hyryuu
"I think Jonathan has it" said Legolas as he looked backwards towards Hyryuu
"LOOK STRAIGHT!" shouted Hyryuu, Jonathan, and Takato at the same time.
Legolas complied right away.
"Yeah, I have it, here, let me get it out…" said Jonathan as he got out a piece of paper from his pocket, "…here it is…it is three streets from here to the north…then four buildings away from the Swiss Bank…right across the lake…that's the meeting place…alright, let's go!" he finished, as he got the paper back into his pocket.
After about an hour trying to get to the place, mostly because Legolas got them lost three times, they got to the meeting place, which was an observatory by the Lake of Geneva. Nancy's car was gone but the girls were all there, even Christina and Hikaru, who had their parents' permission to go, after they met Jonathan and Takato, who had explained everything, except for any Digiworld or Pendants subjects.
"What took you so long? We've been waiting for two hours! Nancy is gone to her place to make sure everything is straight." Kim said.
"We had some err…transportation problems." explained Jonathan.
Legolas immediately hid his face. Catherine and Christine grinned.
"I don't want to know, so don't tell me." Kim said with an exasperated sigh.
"We had no intentions to do so" the boys said in unison.
"Riiiiiiiiiight…anyway, let's go site seeing since we're here doing nothing!" Christina proposed, eying Jonathan particularly.
Since Jonathan was a total gentleman, and was indeed fairly interested in Christina, he blushed and accepted the idea. Yet, as Takato and Hyryuu are sharp-eyed, they noticed this and grinned evilly at Jonathan. He in turn noticed this and gulped. Then, as if fate wanted to spare Jonathan from total humiliation, his watch started to beep. Both Takato and Hyryuu snapped their fingers and turned on their own transmitters, then followed by the rest except Legolas, who watched over Takato's shoulder. As always, Angelique's holographic image appeared. She gave a small cry of joy as she saw Legolas.
"Legolas! I knew the Council was sending someone, but I never imagined it would be you! " she cried
"Yeah, I know, honey, glad to see you too. What's the matter?" he said, as he preferred not to say out loud what he really intended to say to his wife.
"Well…seems our friends the Imperials have taken File and set up their main base there, all entry is practically impossible since they have heavily fortified the whole island. Beach, mountain, forest, and Ice-lands are impenetrable. You must find a way to get there and destroy that base! This order comes straight from the Council Head! I'm logging off, and remember, be careful!" she told them.
"Roger that, see you in ten months!" said Takato, as she disappeared.
Takato smiled as he turned off his transmitter but then saw that Legolas was day-dreaming.
"Legolas?" he asked, passing his hand in front of Legolas' face, "Hey, are you there still?"
"He's day-dreaming…" sighed Kim
"HEY, LEGOLAS! WAKE UP TIME!" shouted Hyryuu in Legolas' ear, snapping the Elf out of his dream.
"Huh? What? What's the matter?" he asked
"Time to go to the Digiworld! Let's go find a computer!" exclaimed Jonathan.
"Oh, right…well, I brought a laptop along, specially built for Guardians for occasions like this." Legolas said as he got out a pure white laptop.
"Great!" shouted Takato, "Let's get out of sight!" he ordered
"Wait!" shouted Kim
"What?" asked Hyryuu
"We can't leave Christina and Hikaru alone here in the middle of the city!" she said
"He's right, brother, we can't!" Jin said
"Besides, we really would like to be there with you people in that other world!" said Hikaru
"Legolas?" asked Takato, as he turned to the Elf, who had a thoughtful look.
"Well…I can get them there…" he started
"But…?" pressed Catherine
"But they cannot go like this…in their current state…they are not Destined Children, nor Knights or Sorceresses, and they are not Guardians…So the only way would be to make them either into a Guardian like me and forfeit their normal way of life and family…or they could become Bearers of the Pendants…their choice" he added with a shrug.
"Well? What do you say girls?" asked Takato to Christina and Hikaru
They both looked at each other for a while, as if having a mental conversation and then nodded at each other.
"We'll become Bearers!" both shouted.
"Then it is settled, I name you, Christina, Sorceress of Faith, which will awaken with a Cross." He told her, as he gave her a pendant with a weird cross that seemed the crossing of a cross with the crest of Reliability and the crest of Courage. Then he turned to Hikaru, "To you, Hikaru, I name you Sorceress of Creation, which will awaken by a Planet." he finished by giving her a pendant with the Earth on it, which was being orbited by a small dot.
"Ok, NOW can we go?" asked Takato to the girls
"Sure! Let's go!" they all said.
They all followed him into an alley, which was deserted, by the way, and got near to the laptop. Takato got out his pendant and introduced it into the screen.
"Digiworld UNLOCK!" he shouted, before a light engulfed his team and afterwards nothing was there. On Legolas' car was a small note left for Nancy explaining where they were and what had happened.
They now had landed in an open plain, that was being struck by a slight breeze. Like for the Destined, their clothes changed. The boys were wearing a brown, long-sleeved shirt and long green pants and had a cloak on them. The girls were in a blue, long-sleeved shirt and were wearing long, white skirts. They also wore a cloak. Yet these seemed different from the ones they had first gotten.
"These are Elven-made cloaks…if you're wondering" Legolas said, as he realized he was in his Elf clothes once again. He also made sure he had his dagger, bow, and quiver with him, "Ok, I got everything I had, how about you kids?" he asked them
They all checked their clothes and all found that they wore swords, in the case of boys, or bows and quivers, in the case of girls. They all faced Legolas for an explanation.
"Well…the Council found out that the Prince somehow managed to build something that can trace your pendant's power back to you, so we decided that instead of using them in every case of danger, that we should use them under extreme danger only. For all other dangers, you are to defend yourselves with the weapons that you now carry." he told them.
They all looked at him with dumbstruck faces. He shrugged and led them forward through the plains.
"Say, Legolas, why aren't there any wings on your back nor your white robes?" asked Jin
"Well, since the wings are kind of heavy, and the robes do not allow much agility, I decided to use my Elfish Bowman form that you now see." he explained to Jin.
"Oh, I see…" she replied with a smile, to which he smiled back.
After about an hour of traveling, they came upon a rock formation in the middle of the plains. Legolas stopped there and decided to stop for a break. The boys took opportunity of this to train in the sword arts. Since none of them had much experience in swords except Takato and Jonathan, though very inadequate, they were a bit clumsy. Legolas, though, taught the girls how to use a bow and let an arrow fly every half minute and still hitting the target in the center. After about a half-hour of training, they put down their weapons and began to relax. After a while, Legolas suddenly jerked his head upwards from where he was sitting, which was the tip of a rock that was facing upwards. He got up and seemed to listen more thoroughly before he jumped off and faced the kids with an alarmed face.
"Quick! Hide! Something is nearing our position!" he ordered them.
The kids quickly got their gear and weapons and ran towards cover. Soon afterwards, they could listen clearly the sound of hooves on the ground. Takato peeked his head to see what they were and saw three Pegasusmon in dark armor with what seemed to be Black Knights. Behind them came another group of Dark Pegasusmon that was being ridden by females. In total, they amounted to nine riders. Behind them were several normal Pegasusmon that were tied to each other by a strong-looking rope. On their forehead was a black plate. Legolas crept silently, for that was a skill of the Elves.
"Takato, we could free those Pegasusmon and use them…but we would have to fight those Dark Knights and women…yes, even the women, as they seem hostile and murderous…gather the boys, it seems they will stop here for something. I'll get the girls." Legolas told Takato, who nodded and went for the boys.
Indeed, the Riders stopped at the formation and the Knights took off their helmets, revealing human beings. The women that accompanied them took off the hood of their dark cloaks and also revealed themselves to be human. Takato had successfully summoned Jonathan and Hyryuu from their hiding spot quietly and they were all three beside a big rock, waiting for a signal. All three slowly unsheathed their swords and got ready to fight. Beside a rock farther away were Legolas and the girls. They were waiting for the right time to strike. Then, as soon as the Riders were all inside the crescent rock formation, Legolas gave a cry and the girls unloosened their bows, letting arrows fly. Back where Takato was, they heard the cry and gave themselves a battle cry and charged out of their hiding place.
"What in the name of the Prince?" asked the leader of the Riders, putting back on his helmet.
"Lionheart!" shouted Takato as his sword glowed red-orange
"White Star!" shouted Hyryuu as his sword glowed blue-white
"Clasher!" shouted Jonathan as his sword glowed gold-silver
"FIRE!" shouted Legolas to the girls, making them unloosen their bows, letting the arrows fly once more upon the Riders, who took cover with the rocks. Takato was fighting head to head with the leader while Hyryuu and Jonathan took on his partners. For awhile Takato and the boys were in a deadlock with their foes, until some of the arrows shot by the girls finally hit one of the Knights in the shoulder, disabling his fighting arm. The leader saw this and feeling uneven, he ordered a retreat, to which the other Knights and Sorceresses complied and left with their Dark Pegasusmon, leaving the normal ones behind. Takato and Legolas went towards them and Legolas took out his dagger. He aimed one well-placed blow on the rope and it split. Takato, on the other hand, managed to take off the plates from the Pegasusmon's forehead. Knowing what had happened, the Pegasusmon thanked them telepathically through Legolas. After explaining their situation, the Pegasusmon agreed to let themselves be used by the kids and Legolas. After mounting the Pegasusmon, they flew away over the plains. At one point, many miles away from where they started, they went back to the ground so that the digimon could rest for awhile. At this point, Legolas turned quiet and gazed away into the sky. Takato and Hyryuu were busy planning strategy against the Black Bearers, as they chose to call the people they had previously seen. Kim, Catherine, and Hikaru were all at one side chit-chatting, something that the boys had a bad feeling about. Then, finally, in another place near the encampment, but out of view, Jonathan and Christina were both sitting on a log they had found. They were both watching intently to the sky, were stars were starting to appear, as night was approaching. Back at camp, Jin approached Legolas with a curious look on her face.
"Legolas?" she asked
"Yes, Jin?" he replied
"Isn't it time for us to go back to our world?" she asked.
"We can't…I was thinking the same thing until I got this…" he started, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket in his Elven cloak, "It's a note from the Council…they command me to stay here until this crisis is solved. The command applies to you kids too…I'm sorry." he said with a sad look.
"But…but Angelique won't let that happen to us, would she?" she asked
"She wouldn't, I'm sure of it…but she doesn't stand a chance alone if she fights the Council's decision…" he said.
"Then why are we-" she started before Takato came running towards them.
"Legolas! Jin! They're here! All around the camp!" he cried
"Who? Who are here?" asked Legolas, bringing out his bow.
"The Black Bearers, and the Prince to make it worse!" explained Takato
"How far are they from here?" Legolas asked
"About two miles away, but they are closing in from every side! We can't hold them off, since we're even but they have the Prince, which unevens it." he hurried.
"Dang it! We have to escape! Get the others, we must ride at once! Jin, get the Pegasusmon! I'll see how they progress towards us!" ordered Legolas, before running off to another direction.
Takato nodded and went to find the others and Jin went for the Pegasusmon. After Takato had gotten everyone together again, they all mounted on their respective Pegasusmon and rode on. A few minutes later, Legolas came from the back on his Pegasusmon ridding at full speed. Behind him, they could see several black figures approaching, encouraging them to accelerate their own speed. Soon, they could see a black figure ahead of them, at which Legolas gave a cry of relief.
"It's Factory Town! We must get within it's walls! Ride on at full speed!" he ordered the kids.
They all acknowledged and made their Pegasusmon speed up. Soon, they could distinctively make out the large buildings of the city. After awhile, they finally made it to the gates, where, by orders of the Chosen Children, they were allowed to enter. Right after they had all entered, the guards of the gate went inside too and shut the gate and locked, barred, and made it almost impossible to be opened. The kids gave a sigh of relief and went to the central tower. As soon as they arrived, Matt was there to receive them. He had the look of a man who had not slept for days.
"Am I glad to see you people…man, me and Izzy have been stuck in that tower for days trying to solve this jigsaw puzzle. By the way, you're name wouldn't have to be Legolas, would it?" he asked Legolas
"It is, why?" he inquired
"There are some people who want to see you in the main chamber, and they do not look very happy." he warned him.
Legolas just gave a nod of apprehension, though Jonathan could feel his fear radiating from him. They followed Matt up to top of the tower, where they entered a room. In this room were four individuals in cloaks with their hoods up. Here they left Legolas and were led by Matt up a flight of stairs into the command room were Izzy was waiting for them. Back were Legolas was, one of the figures, who seemed to be the leader, approached Legolas.
"Long time no see, Legolas, my friend." said the man
"Do I know you? Where you sent by the Council?" he replied
"You don't remember me? Well then, maybe this poem will." replied the man as he stepped back.
Slowly, the three other figures went to their leader's side and slowly began reciting a poem.
"Three rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky…"
"Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone…"
"Nine for mortal men, doomed to die…"
"One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne."
The eyes of Legolas seemed to shine in wonder and happiness as he finished the poem.
"In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,
One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie…" he finished
Slowly, one by one, they all dropped their hoods, revealing two men, young and fair, one old man, whose eyes seemed to burn with fire, and the smallest of them revealed the face of an old, but still vigorous dwarf.
"Aragorn! Boromir! Gandalf! Gimli! How…what…why are you here?" he asked them.
"Well, for one thing, the Council has let us pay a visit to our old friend. For another thing, we are here to supervise you and your, Fellowship, shall we call it? On their mission." said Aragorn.
"Marvelous, just like old times, no? But where is Frodo? And Sam, Merry, and Pippin?" he inquired
"Unfortunately, they could not come, Frodo is too old to come here and the other three have turned into good old fashioned hobbits again…they want to hear nothing of any adventure." explained Gandalf.
"I see, too bad then…say, Aragorn, how is Arwen? Last time I was in our world, she had died, but I know she went to the Council's world like you and the others" asked Legolas
"She's fine, thank goodness…and I don't get called Elessar so much either, again, thank goodness…"sighed Aragorn.
"Well then, shouldn't we go see how this new Fellowship is doing? I saw them go up the stairs." said Gimli
"Of course, I almost forgot! Let's go so I can introduce you to them!" apologized Legolas.
They all nodded and went up the stairs. Back upstairs, with Izzy, the kids had all engaged him in an all-out asking contest.
"Okay, now what?" asked Takato
"We can't get out of the city, the enemy has surrounded it with his knights and dark digimon!" exclaimed Izzy
"So what do we do?" repeated Jonathan
"Wait for them to leave?" asked Hyryuu in a sarcastic tone
"Well, that is our best choice right now, since we cannot leave this place" replied Izzy
"But they won't leave! We have to do something!" pressured Kim
"Yeah! We know the Prince has the patience of a boulder, so we can't count on waiting, because he'll wait too!" exclaimed Catherine
"Plus, there isn't enough digimon in this town for us to attack them back, do we?" asked Hikaru
"We have to think of something!" pressured Christina
Behind them, Matt was sweat dropping as he saw this scene. Behind him was Legolas and his crew who had just arrived and they were also a bit surprised at the scene.
"This is your crew? Master Pippin wasn't even as curious as this!" whispered Gandalf to Legolas, who nodded.
"I pity you my friend…" said Gimli
"Thanks…I think." replied Legolas
Right about then they all felt an enormous quake happen.
"Ok…who felt that? If you did, raise your hands" asked Takato
They all raised their hands.
"Ok…Izzy is this place usually quaky?" he asked
"No, absolutely not" replied Izzy
"Ok…so what the hell was that?" asked Jonathan
Just then, another quake, just as big, occurred
"Alrighty then…someone please tell us what happened here?" asked Hikaru
At this, a Guardromon ran up the stairs and quickly came to a halt before them
"The Prince is making his digimon pound our walls with their attacks. We will not be able to resist for more than two weeks, if our calculations are correct" it said with a mechanical tone.
Izzy slapped his forehead at the announcement.
"Sometimes I hate it when they are so precise…the information is usually correct…" he sighed.
"O…K…so…NOW what do we do?" asked Hyryuu
"Well…we could try to break out and counter-attack…" proposed Jonathan
"The probabilities of success for that are less than 1 to a trillion, sir." answered the Guardromon.
Again, Izzy slapped his forehead.
"Someone turn him off before he takes away any last drop of hope…" muttered Izzy.
The Guardromon seemed to hear him, for at once it shut itself down. Izzy gave a relieved sigh and turned his attention back to the others.
"Ok, so break out is a bad idea…we have two weeks to do something or they'll be inside in no time." he summed up.
"Yep, that's basically it, all right…" said Takato
Just then, an alarm went off throughout the whole city.
"Seems the Prince is taking no breaks…he's moving half of his force to the other gates…this isn't good, we're absolutely stranded and the only available garrison here are the Guardromon and some other digimon, that's it!" Izzy exclaimed as he checked a console near the viewing window.
"Anyone got any bright ideas?" asked Takato
"From today, we have thirteen more days to impending break in…thirteen, people…so any ideas we get, ANY of them, as weird and strange as they may seem, will be considered…just NO fantasying…remember, this whole city depends on you few." Gandalf told them.
A/N: As of now, the days will be said in the following mode: Day 1, Day 2, you get the point.
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Day 1- Hope Arises from the Hopeless
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Right after their meeting in the tower, the kids and Legolas' friends all went downstairs into the dormitory area. The girls would share one room, while the boys shared another. Of course, the boys' room was quite big, seeing their number. After getting changed into, what they called, normal clothes, Legolas and his friends went out for a stroll, "to get ideas" had said Aragorn when inquired by Jonathan and Hyryuu. Takato, Hikaru, and Hyryuu were hunched on a table looking at some maps and designs, often arguing about this or that. Jonathan was busy reading some books about warfare and studying maps of the city and it's surroundings. Jin was asleep in her bed, taking a nap. The girls, as ignorant as they were on warfare, except for Hikaru, who seemed to have a dormant talent for it, were busy trying to understand everything that was happening. They were all sitting around a table at a small, open restaurant in the city, trying to find out what help they could be.
"What CAN we do? I mean, we know nothing of warfare, mainly because we were never interested in it and so now we're completely ignorant!" exclaimed Kim.
"We have to learn, then. I don't want to sit around here doing nothing and helping no one." said Christina
"We have two weeks to learn about warfare? It isn't enough, and even if it was, we wouldn't be the best students in it since it isn't appealing." argued Catherine.
Just then, an android-like digimon walked by and stopped when he heard Catherine's comment. His head turned towards then and seemed to scan them before completely turning towards them. The girls noticed this and seemed curious.
"Yes? How can we help you?" asked Kim
"You are the Bearers, correct?" asked the digimon
"Correct…" replied Catherine
"I am Andromon, an old acquaintance of the Chosen Children. I was on my way to the central tower to pay Izzy a visit, actually." he told them
"So? What does that have to do with us?" asked Christina
"I heard your friend here say it was not possible for you three to learn the art of warfare in two weeks." he told them
"Really? Mind telling us something? Here, have a seat." Kim said, as she pulled a chair up.
"Thank you. Anyway, I must say I disagree with your friend here."
"How so?" asked Christina
"One cannot learn, by conventional ways, the art of warfare. It is impossible. The only way to learn it is from experience, and even then, you are not thinking about learning it." he told the girls, who returned confused looks. "Let me elaborate. Through books one can learn about the basics of things, but that does not mean that you have learned it. Most of the learning has to be lived through in order to understand. Your friends are knowledgeable in the art of warfare because they have mostly only lived in a world filled with it. They accept the fact that the world is never stable and is in constant war. Through this acceptance, they have learned of the methods and tactics of war and have later used them in battle. Here is another example. When the Chosen arrived in this world for the first time, there were only seven of them, all scared and wanting to go home. Later on, through battle after battle, they learned and became both wiser and stronger in the art of warfare and morality. They not only grew physically, but also mentally, as their brains had kept learning on and on about survival and conquest. After Myotismon entered the real world, they were fighting on home land, so they couldn't risk destroying their city and so didn't attack frontally. Instead, they chose, under Tai's leadership, to go into guerrilla warfare, hitting here and there, and finally, the big strike on the bad guys. It proved to be a good strategy." he told them
Catherine, though, was still unimpressed
"What's your point?" she asked
"That they could of never have chosen strategies from a book. In some cases you might, but in the case of Odaiba, it was not possible to use any conventional guerrilla tactic, and modern weapon turned out to be useless, isn't that right?" he asked them, at which they nodded. "So you see, according to the place, time, or force size, strategy will change, no doubt about it. Now if you will excuse me, I must go to the central tower." he told them, before getting up and leaving, after bowing to them, of course.
After he left them, the girls all looked at each other and then bowed their heads. Finally, after about five minutes, Kim spoke up.
"Listen, Andromon is right, we might not know anything about it, but we can sure as hell learn!" she said with enthusiasm.
"Yeah, you're right. We can learn!" replied Catherine
"Yeah!" shouted Christina in approval.
They all looked at each other again and then nodded and went running for the central tower. As soon as they got there, they ran up the stairs to where their friends were. Takato and Hyryuu were still analyzing and arguing about stuff, Hikaru trying to calm them down, while Jonathan was still checking out some maps. The girls went to Jonathan at once.
"Jonathan?" asked Kim
"Yes, sister?" he replied
"Listen, Christina, Catherine, and I are kind of fed up of sitting around uselessly, so we thought you could teach us how to analyze and make up strategy." she continued.
Jonathan looked at her with wide eyes of shock.
"Say that again?" he asked
"In short, we want you to teach us about warfare" she replied
But Jonathan was no longer there, he had run up to the dormitories and locked himself into the boys' room. Kim sighed and the other girls followed her towards Takato and Hyryuu. Yet, as soon as they were about to ask, a small beep rang in their wrist watches. Takato and Hyryuu activated them and a hologram of Jonathan appeared.
"Watch out for the girls! They want us to teach them about warfare!" it cried.
The boys suddenly looked up and saw the three girls approaching, making their faces turned white. They instantly ran up he stairs into the dormitories with Jonathan, who then locked the door. For three straight hours the boys would not leave the room, until news that Aragorn and Boromir had chosen to teach the girls came to them. That evening, they all sat around a big circular table for diner. During diner, Jonathan was sitting beside Izzy and Christina, and was constantly talking to Izzy about some ideas. At the end of the diner, Izzy nodded at something Jonathan said and then got up and went to look for something. Boromir and Aragorn were the only ones who didn't turn their heads to see what was happening. Boromir then went towards Aragorn.
"Aragorn, what in the heavens are we to do? Not one idea has occurred to us and for now, all that the future predicts is doom for this city, it's occupants and us. This is one of the only bastions of rebellion left on this island, we must do something!" he whispered to Aragorn.
"Indeed, my friend, we must do something quickly…let us see what these children are planning before we make any acts." replied Aragorn
"But Aragorn, these are only children!" protested Boromir
"Have you forgotten that Frodo, Merry, Pippin, and Sam were too? They were not "of age" yet, making them officially children to their kind. Children, do you hear me, Boromir? Children got the ring to be destroyed in Mount Doom. We must trust these children too." replied Aragorn.
"But…oh, forget it, you're right about that…fine, we shall wait before acting" he finally agreed.
Just as he had finished his sentence, Izzy came back into the room with a rolled up map. After every dish and dinning accessory was taken away by the Guardromon that had served them at the beginning. The map was that of Factory Town and it's surroundings. Then, Izzy got out some pins and other flat objects. He took one pin and stuck it on the town.
"Ok, this pin represents where we are, ok?" he asked to see if they understood
"Right…?" answered Takato
"Ok, now look at this…" he began as he pointed to the north, south, east, and west of the town, and on each location he put a flat disk. "Each disk represents one army of the Prince. So if this is correct, we are completely surrounded from all directions, correct?" he asked them once more to see if they followed.
"Right" answered Legolas
"What are you getting at, Izzy?" asked Matt, who was becoming frustrated.
"Well, we can't escape to any direction since we are completely blockaded, but…"he started, then removing the northern disk and placing another half it's size in it's place and putting another one, similar to the first, with the southern disk, "Intelligence has just told me that half of the Northern Army has moved to reinforce the Southern. This tells us something important." he said
"That we should force our way through the North?" asked Hyryuu
"No, that is exactly what they think we're going to do…you see, Jonathan pointed that out to me, for I had overseen that fact." he said, his face looking away in shame.
"Oh my god! Izzy made a mistake! Someone call the news!" yelled Matt
"Shut up. Now, what Jonathan told me was that whatever they expect us not to do, we do. They don't expect us to flee, or attack the Southern Army because of their size, but if I am correct, then that army will quickly return to it's previous size, or smaller." explained Izzy.
Several nods appeared among the kids and the adults.
"So, if I understand correctly, we are to force our way out into the South?" asked Gandalf
"Exactly. We cannot attack and hold the position for long though, so the attack will merely be an attempt to send out a messenger out to the other towns not loyal to the Emperor. I know for a fact that Toy Town is not under the Emperor's control. Also you may want to try your chance in the Gekomon Palace." answered Jonathan.
"Ok, but who is going out to send the message?" asked Gimli.
"That is the hitch in our plan…we don't know…but in the next three days, we will be able to discern the messenger." said Izzy.
"I see, well then, we should get to bed…I expect we shall all need it" finished Gandalf, before going to the dormitories.
"He's right, you guys, you should really go to bed. You'll need all the strength available to you for the next three days." Izzy said
"In other words, BED TIME!" ordered Matt, pointing to the dormitories for the kids.
Takato and the gang groaned but went to bed. Meanwhile, Aragorn and his team was all gathered around a small round table.
"We must take action. We cannot let this bastion of hope for this world fall." exclaimed Legolas
"He's right, if we can, we should hack off the limbs of those who attack this town." agreed Gimli
"For once, I agree with the Elf and Dwarf. We must do something to protect this town, Aragorn. I'll be damned if I die again without being able to protect the city which has given us hospitality." agreed Boromir.
Aragorn said nothing but looked at Gandalf.
"They are right, Aragorn, we must help these people. But then again, we have orders form the Council to watch over the children, no more. You were a king once, Elessar, so these kinds of decisions you have made. The choice is yours, Aragorn." he said
They all sat silently, waiting for his verdict. For ten straight minutes they sat waiting, until finally, Aragorn lifted his head and looked at them, his eyes shinning.
"We may have orders from the Council, but I feel the same as Boromir. I'll be damned if I die without helping the town which has given us hospitality. We will defend Factory Town! May the Council send their agents as they please, for they will all feel the same as we do!" he exclaimed finally.
Boromir sat up and gave a approving yell, while Gimli got out his axe and gave Aragorn a thumbs up. Legolas got up and made a little victory dance, while Gandalf just sat silently, but was smiling.
"As soon as the morning comes, we will make our own independent strike. This is totally covert, no one will know we did this. We will try to weaken the Southern Army for better chances of success when the town will make it's run. Agreed?" asked Aragorn
Three approving yells and one smiling nod answered him.
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Day 2- A Strange Freedom
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They awoke the next day full of energy. The boys and Hikaru went at once to making plans. Christina, Catherine, and Kim went to the dining room, where Aragorn and Boromir were to teach them what they knew of strategy making. Out in the streets, Legolas and Gimli were heading for the walls of the city. There, they would wait for Boromir, Aragorn, and Gandalf. After they would all be together, they would sneak out of the city and summon the Shadow Army of the South of the Middle-Earth. Back at the tower, Aragorn and Boromir were making good progress with the girls. They gave the girls situations and the girls would have to decide what to do in those situations.
"Here's another one…if you are in a mountain range and the enemy has surrounded it, but two hours later half of the enemy army goes to the north, what do you do?" asked Boromir.
"Hum...tough one…because it may be a trap, but it also may not…so I would say that we send a scout first and see what happens…if the enemy stays as is, then it is no trap, but if the half that left comes back south, it is a trap." concluded Christina.
"Good…that is the correct answer." agreed Boromir.
A small ring rang at that moment.
"Class is over, girls. Might want to help the boys out for now, see what you can learn." Aragorn told them.
The girls nodded and left the room.
"Time to go, Boromir. Legolas and Gimli must be getting impatient." Aragorn said.
"Indeed, let's go" agreed Boromir.
They both took their cloaks and put them on. Next, they checked that on one saw them and left the tower. They then proceeded to the walls of the city, where Gandalf, Legolas, and Gimli were waiting.
"All set? Good, let's go." ordered Aragorn, after putting his hood up, followed by his companions.
Aragorn then led his crew to the a small, hidden door on the wall and opened it. After he and his friends were outside, he closed it and went forth towards the enemy. The evil digimon could see him, of course, but paid no attention to him. Aragorn then brandished Elendil and then, shooting his arm upwards, he shouted
"Come forth, Army of Angmar! You have been summoned to your duty once more!" he shouted.
Suddenly, there was a small, but violent rush of wind behind Aragorn and after it had left, behind Aragorn was an army of men, in chained armor and brandishing spear, swords, bows, and axes. There was also a cavalry waiting behind the footmen. In front of them stood the remnants of the Fellowship of the Ring: Aragorn, heir of Isildur, Legolas the Elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Gandalf the White, and Boromir of Gondor. Boromir took out his sword, followed by Gimli with his axe, Legolas with his bow, and Gandalf with his sword. Aragorn then pointed his sword forward, towards the crowd of confused dark digimon and gave a battle cry, making his army rush at the digimon, him at the lead. Back at the central tower, Izzy was busy typing away at his computer when Matt burst in, making the door slam against the wall. His face seemed shocked and his heavy breathing suggested that he ran up the stairs.
"What in the heavens is the matter with you, Matt?" asked Izzy, shocked himself.
"Izzy, look out the southern window, quick!" shouted Matt.
Izzy complied and ran to the southern window, and what he saw shocked him as much as it had shocked Matt. An army of something, he could not tell what, was rushing at the digimon army. The rushing army was gaining ground and quickly split the digimon army in two different groups. Izzy quickly took out a pair of binoculars and through them he saw that the new army was made up of men. What he then saw shocked him. Legolas and his friends were fighting side by side with the newcomers. Izzy put down his pair of goggles, and sensing an impending victory, he took out a small microphone, through which he could speak to the whole city, but he set it for only the tower.
"Takato, Jonathan! Get your team ready in ten minutes and ride out the southern gate! Engage any digimon you see that is under the Prince's control!" he ordered.
Soon, he saw through his binoculars eight riders come out the southern gate. Soon, all eight of the figures were engulfed in light and from it emerged eight armor-clad warriors. Izzy then turned to Matt and smiled.
"We may still have a chance." he said, to which Matt nodded.
Back to the battle field, Takato and his team had just arrived at the fighting area. They dismounted the Pegasusmon and sent them back to the city. Then they started engaging the enemy. The fight was still fierce, but the digimon army was slowly giving way. That is, until the big blast came. It came rushing down to the Earth, hitting it with such impact, that a crater would remain there until the end of days. When the explosion ceased, and the smoke cleared, the only things left standing were the Army of Angmar, the remnants of the Fellowship, and the Pendant Bearers. The digimon army had vanished, all destroyed by the explosion. Out of the remaining smoke came out the Prince and his Dark Bearers. The Prince had a foul look on his face as he looked at his opponents. He then motioned his hand forward, and form behind him rushed forward an army of digimon, both flying and ground.
"Archers shoot the flying beasts! Footmen and cavalry, stay focused on the ground forces but dodge the aerial blasts!" shouted Boromir. At once the Shadow Army complied.
As if he had expected this, the Prince smiled evilly and then snapped his fingers. A high, piercing screech could be heard from the distance. Out of the clouds dove a Dark Pegasusmon with Kari tied up on it, followed by two other Dark Pegasusmon, one with Davis and Yolei tied up, and the other with Kaizer. Right behind them came the Prince's flying fortress.
"This doesn't look good…be on alert." warned Takato
"Gee, you think so?" asked Hyryuu sarcastically.
As soon as the Dark Pegasusmon touched the ground, the Prince went towards it, patted it's head and then pulled Kari off the digimon. He then got her up and pulled her towards his previous location.
"Not this again…" whispered Jonathan
The Prince smiled evilly at her and then pushed her towards his opponents. He then borrowed a dagger from Kaizer and cut her ropes. She turned to him in surprise, but only got an evil smile as a reply. She ran to her friends as quick as she could. As soon as she got to Takato, Hyryuu got her to be behind him and Takato, who was still looking at the Prince.
"She's free…just be sure to keep her safe…or you might regret it, Takato" shouted the Prince before snapping his fingers again, making his digimon army and him disappear. The only ones left were the Dark Bearers and Kaizer. Behind them were a host of Knightmon. The Dark Bearer drew their swords and shields. The kids did the same (they were still in their armored form). For a while, a queer silence continued, until finally, The leader of the Dark Bearers gave a battle cry and they all charged the Bearers and the Shadow Army.
"Leave the host to us! You go defeat those evil Bearers! Legolas, you help the kids!" ordered Aragorn, to which the kids and Legolas nodded. Yet, as soon as the two armies and Bearer groups clashed, the Dark ones and their digimon vanished. The sun was setting behind them, as the Bearers of the Crests looked in amazement at where their enemies had once been.
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Day 3- The Request
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As everything that lives in this and our world, all things must come to an end. After about four hours of waiting, the Dark Digimon Army left the surroundings of Factory Town. Kari had been taken into a medical lab for examinations. Takato stood outside the lab waiting. Suddenly, in front of him, appeared a hologram of TK, not the Prince, but TK, in his normal, kind form. Beside him was Pegasusmon, Patamon, Angemon, MagnaAngemon, and Seraphimon. All the digimon that had arisen from Patamon. The image then looked at him in the eyes and smiled a painful smile.
"Takato…please, take care of Kari…" said the image.
"TK! What…What do you mean?" asked Takato
"Takato…I'm sorry…but it must be done…you must kill me in our next battle…or I will not be able to rest in peace." it replied
"NO!" shouted back Takato "I will not kill you now, or ever!"
"Takato…please…if you do this, Patamon and I will be able to rest in peace finally…The Prince is gaining power in my body…Please…it is all I ask…" it said again
"NO! I will NOT! There must be another way!" shouted again Takato, on the verge of tears.
"Takato…you were always a good friend…but to do this would not be to betray me, if would prove to me how good a friend you always were…" it said again, before vanishing.
"TK! TK, come back…" he started, "TK!" he screamed, before passing out